CLINICAL SUPERVISION
The Relationally Responsive Therapist
Advanced Relational Practice Group
An Experiential Consultation Group for Complex Trauma Therapists
A four-session, interactive group for therapists looking to deepen their clinical discernment, strengthen relational capacities, and feel more connected and confident in complex trauma work.
New dates for Winter 2027:
Jan 21st, Feb 18th, Mar 18th, Apr 22nd
Even with extensive training and experience, there are moments in complex trauma therapy that leave us uncertain about how to respond.
We may find ourselves working with clients whose progress feels slow or difficult to recognize. We may notice ourselves becoming overly responsible, protective, frustrated, or unsure of our clinical judgment. Sometimes the work asks us to navigate competing needs, subtle relational tensions, or moments when there is no obvious way forward.
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These are often the moments where more information is not necessarily what we need.
What can help is having a space to slow down, reflect, share perspectives, and explore the work together.
Advanced Relational Practice Group offers an experiential and collaborative space where therapists can explore the complexities of clinical practice in a supportive professional community. Through guided reflection, meaningful discussion, and shared clinical exploration, we bring the work to life and discover new ways of understanding and responding to the challenges we encounter.
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About the Group
This four-session group brings together therapists who want to deepen their clinical practice through experiential reflection, thoughtful discussion, and collaborative consultation.
Each session centres around a theme that invites us to explore some of the more complex dimensions of relational trauma therapy: clinical discernment, countertransference, rupture and repair, and navigating challenging clinical presentations.
Rather than focusing on lengthy teaching or formal case presentations, we use these themes as starting points for reflection and exploration.
Sessions may include guided experiential exercises, clinical scenarios, small-group conversations, and opportunities to slow down and explore moments from our own therapeutic work.
You do not need to arrive with a case to present. Clinical consultation emerges naturally through our discussions, reflections, and shared experiences. Together, we become curious about what is happening within the client, within ourselves, and in the relationship between us.
The emphasis is on developing our capacity to notice more, understand more, and respond with greater flexibility, confidence, and care.
The group meets on Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT, online through Zoom for Healthcare.
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Dates for Winter 2027: Jan 21st, Feb 18th, Mar 18th, Apr 22nd
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When the Work Becomes More Complex
As we develop as therapists, our questions often become less about which intervention to use and more about how to remain thoughtful, present, and responsive when the work becomes complicated.
How do we find direction when several clinical needs are competing for attention?
What happens within us when we feel responsible for making progress, or when the client seems unable to move forward?
How do we recognize when something has shifted in the therapeutic relationship?
How do we remain grounded and connected when we are uncertain what the work needs from us?
These questions don't always have straightforward answers. They invite us to draw on our clinical knowledge while also developing the relational awareness, discernment, and flexibility that complex trauma work requires.
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This group gives us the opportunity to explore those questions together, using the richness of our shared clinical experience to deepen our understanding.
What this group can help you develop
This group is designed to help you:
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deepen clinical discernment when several possible directions are present
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provide gentle structure and focus without overriding the client​
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make different therapeutic choices when you notice yourself rescuing, over-functioning, withdrawing, or becoming overly cautious
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identify subtle ruptures and respond with greater openness and skill
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engage in repair without becoming defensive, over-apologetic, or overly responsible
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understand complex, layered, or slow-moving cases with greater clarity
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distinguish naturally slow developmental work from treatment that has become circular or stalled
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become more comfortable using yourself thoughtfully in the relational field
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leave consultation with a clearer understanding of what may be happening and what to try next
Deepening Our Relational Capacities
Relational responsiveness involves more than understanding trauma or knowing which intervention to use. It asks us to remain attentive to the client's experience, our own internal responses, and the relationship unfolding between us.
Through reflection, experiential exploration, and consultation, this group supports therapists in developing their capacity to:
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Recognize different clinical possibilities and make thoughtful decisions about pacing, direction, and therapeutic focus.
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Notice internal responses and relational pulls without automatically acting on them.
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Remain present and curious when uncertainty, frustration, shame, or self-doubt arise.
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Recognize subtle ruptures and develop greater confidence in navigating relational repair.
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Hold complex and slow-moving clinical work with greater perspective, flexibility, and compassion.
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Draw on their own clinical wisdom while remaining open to different perspectives and possibilities.
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The aim is not to become a therapist who always knows the answer, but to become more confident in our ability to reflect, discern, and respond.
Who This Group Is For
This group is intended for therapists who already have foundational experience or training in complex trauma work and are looking for an opportunity to deepen their clinical practice.
You may have completed Core Skills for Complex Trauma or have equivalent training and experience. All therapeutic modalities are welcome.
It may be a particularly good fit if you enjoy reflective learning, value the perspectives of other therapists, and want opportunities to explore the complexities of clinical work beyond a purely theoretical or technique-based approach.
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You do not need to consider yourself an expert or have particularly challenging cases to bring.
What matters most is a willingness to be curious, reflective, and engaged in shared learning.
SESSION 1
January 21st
Clinical Direction & Discernment
Finding Our Way Through Clinical Complexity
When a client arrives with multiple concerns, competing needs, or significant dysregulation, how do we begin to decide where to focus?
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In this session, we explore the clinical judgments that shape our work, from the opening moments of a session to decisions about pacing, stabilization, trauma processing, and relational exploration.
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Through guided reflection and shared clinical examples, we'll consider how we make sense of what is unfolding, recognize different therapeutic possibilities, and find a meaningful direction without trying to work on too many issues at once, becoming overly directive or losing contact with the client.
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Our focus is on strengthening clinical discernment and becoming more confident in navigating complexity when there is no single obvious pathway.
SESSION 2
February 18th
Countertransference and Therapist Pulls
Choosing a Different Relational Position
Complex trauma work can evoke powerful responses in us as therapists.
We may find ourselves wanting to rescue, over-function, withdraw, become overly careful, or take responsibility for creating change.
In this session, we'll explore these relational pulls through guided experiential reflection and discussion, becoming curious about what they reveal about ourselves, our clients, and the dynamics developing between us.
Rather than viewing countertransference as something to eliminate, we'll consider how our internal responses can become valuable clinical information.
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Together, we'll explore how noticing these patterns creates opportunities to find a different relational position and respond with greater awareness, flexibility, and choice.
SESSION 3
March 18th
Rupture and Relational Repair
Staying Present When Something Goes Wrong
Even in strong therapeutic relationships, moments of disconnection, misunderstanding, or rupture are inevitable. Some ruptures are unmistakable. Others emerge more subtly through withdrawal, compliance, missed sessions, or a shift in emotional contact.
In this session, we'll explore how we recognize these moments, what they activate within us, and how we can remain present when feelings of shame, defensiveness, uncertainty, or urgency arise.
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Through guided reflection, discussion, and experiential exploration of repair conversations, we'll consider how to invite the client's experience, acknowledge impact, and take appropriate responsibility without over-apologizing or abandoning important boundaries.
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We'll also briefly consider how to document clinically significant moments of rupture and repair with clarity and professionalism.
SESSION 4
April 22nd
Complex Cases and Challenging Clinical Moments
Bringing Our Relational Capacities Together
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Some of the most challenging clinical work unfolds slowly, involves multiple layers of complexity, or leaves us wondering whether meaningful progress is happening.
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In our final session, we'll bring together the capacities explored throughout the group and apply them to challenging clinical situations. We'll consider how to recognize relational patterns, understand what may be maintaining difficulties, and identify meaningful possibilities for moving forward.
This session offers space to bring the clinical questions that remain with us, consider different perspectives, and recognize how our own developing relational capacities shape the work.
The emphasis is not on finding perfect solutions, but on deepening our ability to remain thoughtful, responsive, and grounded in the face of complexity.
SESSION TAKE-HOME RESOURCES
Practical Resources to Bring Into Your Work
Participants will receive practical resources connected to the themes of the group. These may include clinical discernment maps, collaborative framing prompts, countertransference and therapist-pull reflection tools, rupture and repair language, documentation examples, and advanced relational case-consultation worksheets.
The intention is for you to leave with not only greater insight and clinical clarity, but also resources you can return to as you work with complex client presentations.
Welcome to our community
Clinical work can sometimes feel isolating. The cases that stay with us are often the ones where there is no straightforward answer, where our own responses become part of the work, or where we quietly wonder whether we are doing enough.
This group offers a place to bring those moments into a thoughtful and supportive community. You will have opportunities to learn from the clinical perspectives of others, receive feedback, share uncertainty openly, and discover that many of the struggles that arise in complex trauma work are not evidence of failure. They are part of the depth and humanity of the work.
The group is designed to support both clinical growth and genuine connection with other therapists who care deeply about offering ethical, relationally responsive care.
My Vision for the Advanced Relational Practice Group
My vision for this group is to create a place where experienced and developing therapists can bring the clinical moments that are difficult to understand or hold alone. I do not see advanced supervision as a place where therapists need to arrive with polished answers or demonstrate that they have mastered the work. I see it as a place to become more honest, reflective, and clinically discerning.
My hope is that you leave each session feeling less alone with the complexity, clearer about what may be happening, and more confident in your ability to stay present and make thoughtful therapeutic choices. This group is part of my wider vision of building a community of relationally responsive therapists who can work with complex relational trauma with compassion, skill, humility, and respect for both the client’s humanity and their own.
Questions You May Have
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How are the two-hour sessions structured?
Each session begins with a brief clinical framework and group discussion. Some sessions will also include guided reflection or experiential exploration. The remainder of the session is devoted to extended case consultation, where participants can bring questions and clinical material, receive feedback, and learn from the experience and perspectives of the group.
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What resources will I receive as part of the group?
Each session includes a focused learning piece, group discussion, experiential reflection, and time for clinical consultation. Participants will receive practical resources connected to the themes of the group. These may include clinical discernment maps, collaborative framing prompts, countertransference and therapist-pull reflection tools, rupture and repair language, documentation examples, and advanced relational case-consultation worksheets.
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Can these sessions count toward supervision hours?
The sessions may be eligible to count as group clinical supervision or consultation hours, depending on the requirements of your professional association, regulatory body, workplace, or training program. Participants are responsible for confirming the requirements that apply to them. Attendance confirmation can be provided upon request.
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Can I register for both Core Skills and Advanced Group?
Yes. Taking both groups can be a valuable way to engage in this work. Core Skills focuses on the foundational relational capacities underneath complex trauma therapy. Advanced Consultation gives you more space to apply and extend those capacities through experiential reflection and complex case discussion.
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How do I know if the Advanced Group is the right for me?
This group may suit you if you are looking for more than foundational teaching and want extended consultation around complex clinical decisions, relational patterns, rupture and repair, and challenging or slow-moving cases. You are welcome to book a complimentary 15 minute meet-and-greet if you would like to talk through whether Core Skills, Advanced Consultation, or both would best support your professional goals.
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Do I need to attend all four sessions?
This is a four-session series, and participants are encouraged to attend all four whenever possible. You are still very welcome to join if you can attend at least three of the four sessions. To help maintain continuity within the group, your three or four session dates must be selected and booked when you register. What is the cancellation policy? Because this is a closed group and your place is reserved for the dates you select, registrations are considered confirmed once booked and session fees are non-refundable. If you need to miss a booked session because of illness or another last-minute circumstance, the session fee will still apply. However, you will receive the session resources, along with a written summary of the teaching and discussion that does not include any identifying client or participant information.
If This Group Feels Like a Good Fit
If this group speaks to you and feels like the kind of support you are looking for, you are warmly invited to join us.
If you have questions, are still thinking it through, or would like to talk about whether the group is the right fit, you are very welcome to send me a message through the contact form or book a complimentary 15 minute clinical supervision meet-and-greet.
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If you are ready to join us, you can register in two ways:
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Send me a message through my contact form to express interest or reach out with any questions. Please indicate all the dates you are able to attend.
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Or follow the link below to the online booking page. Once there, scroll down to Supervision, where you’ll find Advanced Relational Practice Group. Please add yourself to all of the session dates you’re able to attend. You’re welcome to join the group as long as you can attend at least three of the four sessions.
Structure & Details
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Winter 2027 dates: Jan 21st, Feb 18th, Mar 18th, April 22nd
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Sessions are two hours long and take place on Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT
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Online through Zoom for Healthcare.
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The fee is $120 per two-hour session. Registration is for the full four-session group, for a total cost of $480​​
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​To support continuity, trust, and a cohesive group experience, these are closed four-session groups. Participants are asked to commit to attending at least three of the four sessions and to identify any dates they are unable to attend when registering.